№ 50 Joe Dunlap, Toppers Pizza To celebrate our 50th episode, how about a pizza party! My guest for today is Joe Dunlap, Director of Learning & Development at Toppers Pizza, a Wisconsin based chain of restaurants with owned and franchised locations across the US. With an incredible background, including a 4-year run consulting about learning at none other than NASA, Joe has a critical mission, as Toppers Pizza bounces back from the blow of COVID-19 and reinvents itself, its technology and th...
Aug 17, 2021•39 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast № 49 Natalie Miller, XR Global I have a question for you: When will Virtual Reality and “XR” in general become mainstream in education? After listening to my guest for today —Natalie Miller the founder of XR Global— I want you to ask yourself that question again and let me know if our conversation has changed your mind. Natalie moved to South Africa in 2006 for an opportunity in the international development space with Operation Smile. After countless Founding and leadership positions, she saw a...
Aug 10, 2021•44 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast Phill Miller, Managing Director at Open LMS joins Ladek to share why this union does make perfect sense, why we value views and conversations happening anywhere and everywhere, and why things will not change dramatically over the coming days. (Oh, but we're just getting started .) LMSPulse Media https://linktr.ee/lmspulse ~💗💍~ Subscribe for the latest news, practice and thought leadership at eLearnMagazine.com...
Aug 06, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast №48 Lauren Waldman, Learning Pirate My guest for today is Neuroscientist Lauren Waldman, aka the “Learning Pirate.” Lauren is a consultant and Lead Scientific Learning Designer on a mission to educate elearning professionals on the brain, in order to fix long-standing practices that really just get in the way of effective and “psychologically safe” experiences. In this deeply thoughtful conversation we talk about: 🎓 What is it like to be a “learning science designer,” or someone who works on cl...
Aug 03, 2021•43 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast №47 Yuliya Shtaltovna, DYS Communications; English Language Teachers' Association Berlin-Brandenburg (ELTABB) To begin today, let me throw you a little curve ball: is it possible that during all the design and planning and chaos of creating a virtual learning experience, you have forgotten about “soft skills?” I’m talking about fundamental things like communication and listening. My guest for today, Yuliya Shtaltovna thought so. As a Business Communication Professional and Lecturer, Yuliya...
Jul 27, 2021•53 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast № 46 Lisa Caprelli, Author My guest for today is Lisa Caprelli, who is an author and speaker, with 16 books published under her belt and in several languages. With her series “Unicorn Jazz” and “Skip a Step,” Lisa manages to transform a past life as a marketing and branding consultant into a journey about the value of being true to yourself and finding your true purpose. Lessons that are as valuable for children as they are for the hundred-plus CEOs she’s worked with. If you’re one of many “expe...
Jul 21, 2021•30 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast Recorded previously On the Elearning Hotseat, our LinkedIn Live audience gets to ask our guests almost anything! https://linktr.ee/lmspulse Subscribe for the latest news, practice and thought leadership at eLearnMagazine.com
Jul 15, 2021•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast № 45 John Ainsworth, Data Driven Marketing My guest for today is John Ainsworth, Founder and CEO of Data Driven Marketing. In this conversation, John is going to convince you that, as a course creator, you are most likely underselling yourself. Tell me if your story goes more or less like this: You take the time to make the most amazing, high-quality course you’re capable of. You release it into the wild, and then you get a handful of purchases. You’re probably fine with the outcome, but of cour...
Jul 14, 2021•45 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast №44 John Strohmeyer, Five Star Counsel and Strohmeyer Law My guest for today is John Strohmeyer. John is the founder of Strohmeyer law - which is a tax, estate planning and probate service provider. But John is also the founder Five Star Counsel, a podcast and blog about customer care with a special focus on delivering professional services. You might be asking: Why is there a lawyer on the Elearning Podcast? Well, John is convinced that, given the shifts happening in the legal profession, he ne...
Jul 06, 2021•36 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast №43 Jennifer Brown, Jennifer Brown Consulting After a series of “fundamental shifts” in her personal and professional life, including a thwarted promising career as an opera singer, my guest for today Jennifer Brown had no choice but to reinvent herself. In the process, she noticed how other parts of our world are ripe for transformation, including corporate learning and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion or DEI Space. Jennifer is the Founder and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting, and the Author...
Jun 29, 2021•53 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast TOMORROW (Wednesday, June 23, 2021) New Trends & Technologies in Virtual Classes in 2021 A Limited Workshop Presented by KLOUD https://www.elearningsuccesssummit.com/offer-kloud/ ~💗💍~ My guest for today is Dr. Tieren Zhou, Tieren is the CEO and Chief Architect of Kloud, an interactive meeting and collaboration platform. Since 2010, Tieren has been developing Kloud’s patented LiveDoc technology that allows meetings to be conducted in unlimited resolution and high fidelity sound, without dat...
Jun 22, 2021•35 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast № 41 Robert Paddock, Valenture Institute My guest for today is Robert Paddock, a EdTech and eLearning entrepreneur from South Africa. While many people are familiar with his first venture - called GetSmarter, which was acquired by 2U in 2017, his latest venture is the Valenture Institute. Valenture is a vanguard effort in the South African secondary education space that seeks to redefine what an all-online education can be. In this fast-paced conversation we talk about: 🌍 What it’s like to desi...
Jun 16, 2021•49 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast № 40 Jan Zucker, Digital Content Creators Do you ever feel like an “Indie” author or creator? If you do, I’m sure my guest for today will make a lot of sense. Jan Zucker is the Co-founder and CEO of Digital Content Creators, a company that’s part agency, part publisher and part coaching service. For ten years now, Digital Content Creators has helped launched countless successful courses, always staying ahead of the trends and technologies. In this enlightening conversation we talk about: �...
Jun 09, 2021•30 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast №39 Ian Dolphin & Anne-Marie Scott, Apereo Today I am glad to introduce to you what is perhaps the largest open source elearning organization you’ve never heard about. I’m talking about Apereo, a global network of open source advocacy in education. Unlike other approaches to open source, Apereo is here not just to share their open source tools, but to help in your open source development and sustainability journey. From networking and incubation, to the consolidation of teams and communities...
Jun 02, 2021•37 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast №38 Esther Jacobs, The "No Excuses" Lady My very special guest this week is a celebrity on her own right. Esther Jacobs started as a journalist, and in her storied career has raised millions for charity, appeared in European Survivor, traveled to more than 100 countries and been Knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands. In her current chapter, Esther has self-appointed herself as the “No Excuses” lady to focus about a cause most of us would likely get behind: Write a book. In this &quo...
May 26, 2021•31 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast №37 Aldo de Pape, Teach Pitch My guest today is Aldo De Pape, creator of Teach Pitch, a portal that seeks to address the problem of information overabundance. How does he solve it? Well, Aldo found in a mixture of crowd-sourced curation and AI the key for a community-driven, feedback intensive platform that helps teachers find great content, and gives creators a source for validation. In this stimulating, conversation Aldo and I talk about: The “weird” problem of having too much information, whi...
May 19, 2021•42 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast I’m excited to have Dr. Paige Chen on the show with me again today. Paige is the CEO of Remote Learner, which is now a Learning Pool company, who’s foundation in persuasive design has help clients create engaging experiences around the globe. In this dynamic conversation we talk about: The Learning Pool approach to design and the learner experience. Specific examples of how different needs play out into different solutions through case studies in the Cruise industry, the talent management indust...
Apr 13, 2021•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today we are switching gears, with an amazing elearning entrepreneurial story for you. Within 5 years, Hello Music Theory went from Dan Farrant’s hobby of gathering cool free resources for musical education, into a top-ranked choice for educators and aspiring musicians. In this lyrical conversation we talk about: 🍊 What it’s like to find yourself seeing the fruits of your small project, and taking the plunge into making nontraditional elearning your full time occupation 🗓 The importance of hav...
Apr 06, 2021•32 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast №34 Juraj Gabrhel, Elena Urbanova, Matus Kothaj, e-learnmedia.sk Today we good a handful, in the best sense of the word. My three guests, Juraj Gabrhel, Elena Urbanova and Matus Kothaj are with e-learnmedia, an elearning company based in Slovakia and Serbia, catering to the Eastern European world. Compared to the wealth of choices we have in places like the US, e-learnmedia occupies a space with somewhat less competition, and the focus on promoting the values and benefits of digital technologies...
Mar 29, 2021•39 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast №33 Michael Greenburg, Call for Content My guest today is on a mission: To change the way you create elearning content into an “audio-first” e learning strategy. Michael Greenburg believes that if you “get” audio, in terms of the quality of the recording and the content, every other part of your course will have a solid footing. Not only that: By being the one effective method that does not need your eyes, audio increases your learning opportunities. In this “ear-opening” conversation we talk ab...
Mar 23, 2021•27 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast №32 Kristin Barrett, Collective Academy My guest for today is Kristin Barret. Born and raised in Chicago, Kristin and her family transitioned to Mexico to oversee the operations of an MBA and leadership school. Before her key role at Collective Academy, Kristin built a tenured career in the meeting point of innovation and education. Now, she co-heads an ambitious plan to forge Mexico’s next generation of leaders by providing critical needs and helping accelerate their success. In this surprising...
Mar 09, 2021•29 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast №31 Julian Davis, Digital Learning Solutions Tell me if this is familiar to you: Your organization adopts a piece of tech, usually a learning app, with excitement and optimisms. Then they realize it might need more attention than anybody at your team has, and it slowly fades out of everyone’s priorities. As a result, the elearning becomes orphaned. My guest today is Julian Davis. He describes himself as a Learning Solutions Architect, although in the story he’s about to tell you, you might want ...
Mar 09, 2021•29 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast №30 Eva Lantsoght, PhD Talk; Universidad San Francisco de Quito My guest today is Dr. Eva Lantsoght, a civil engineer from Belgium, currently a tenured research professor at USFQ in Ecuador, and Duolingo success story. But if you are in the process of either starting or completing your doctoral studies, chances are that you are more familiar with her work at PhD Talk, a blog and podcast she created. PhD Talk is an amazing resource covering everything there is to know about the doctoral student l...
Mar 02, 2021•35 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast №29 Chip Reaves, Bigger Brains My guest for today’s episode is Chip Reaves, IT veteran and President for almost 10 years of Bigger Brains. Bigger Brains’ vast library of high-quality video-based courses on a variety of corporate training issues has received awards every year since at least 2015. And with Brain Bot, a chatbot that periodically quizzes you about past courses taken, it adds spaced repetition into the mix to multiply the value of the content. In my conversation with such a fountain ...
Feb 22, 2021•35 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast №28 Andreana Castellanos, Afinidata It’s a joy to introduce you to my guest for this week: Andreana Castellanos, Process Engineer, Founder and CEO of Afinidata, and fellow Colorado State graduate—go Rams! Afinidata is a Guatemalan-American social entrepreneurship born out of Andreana’s volunteering experiences. It sends users personalized early childhood development activities through Facebook. It’s as simple and brilliant as it sounds. In 4 years, Afindata has sent parents across Latin America ...
Feb 16, 2021•33 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast №27 Kasper Spiro, Easygenerator My guest for today is Kasper Spiro, Dutch tech entrepreneur, and CEO of EasyGenerator.com With a tenured background in enterprise software, Kasper realized there were glaring gaps in the way corporate training tech addresses customer issues. Long story short, he decided to join EasyGenerator out of frustration with the general state of support and needless complexity plaguing the industry. In this illuminating conversation we talk about: The story of Easygenerator...
Feb 09, 2021•40 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast №26 Mike Weiss, Client Engagement Academy Have you ever wondered if the way you reward your students works? Do they actually display these rewards in public? Does it actually show evidence for their skills? And is the idea of earning a reward be a strong enough motivator for your student? If you’ve ever wondered how to use badges and make the most of them in your elearning, you’re in the right place. My guest today is Mike Weiss, Founder and Director of the Client Engagement Academy. His approac...
Feb 02, 2021•39 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast №25 Julie MacGregor and Gina Mallon, Pennsylvania Virtual Charter Schools I hope you find my two very special guest for today as lovely as I have all my life. Julie MacGregor and Gina Mallon have been teachers at different schools in the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School system for more than 10 years each. Full disclosure: they also both happen to be my aunts. I thought to invite them over for the podcast, not only because of their life stories and wisdom, but because of their tenured experience...
Jan 26, 2021•47 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast №24 Chris Badgett, LifterLMS My guest for today’s episode is Chris Badgett, founder of LifterLMS. As many of you know, we love open source technology. And when it comes to elearning, we think of Moodle, the most widely used learning system on the planet. But believe it or not, there is another, more omnipresent system on the internet with the potential of transforming the education of millions. I’m talking about WordPress. After over a decade as a WordPress developer, Chris realized the potentia...
Jan 19, 2021•37 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast №23 Philip von Heydebreck & Achim Rothe Trickle, Beautiful Company If you are a regular LMSPulse reader, you know of the countless and ever growing number of platforms out there to launch a course. But they all operate under one assumption: That you have already done the job of building a quality course with state of the art tools and following the latest research and insight. My guests for today's episode, Philip von Heydebreck and Achim Rothe, asked themselves: What if there was a way...
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